I'm a little surprised this hasn't gotten more coverage nationally, though I'm sure it's getting plenty of pub on the West Coast.
I think this is a pretty amazing story. As mentioned in an
ESPN the magazine article earlier this month, Hoffman got his start as a shorstop, didn't know how to pitch before the '91 season, and started throwing his changeup, which would be the pitch that changed his career, purely as a way to make it through the '95 season without having to have surgery on his torn rotator cuff.
More than a decade later, he's still dominating hitters(with a fastball most would sneer at), and he's closing in on 500 saves.
